Amarillo Lieutenant Plans Harvard Law Return
Amarillo native Lt Bedford Johnson Jr on terminal leave to resume Harvard Law after three and a half years in the U S Marine Corps. He served with the 24th RCT Fourth Marine Division, fought at Kwajalein Saipan Tinian and Iwo Jima earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart. His brother Sterling Johnson serves in the infantry at Fort Jackson. A local gun shop offered a small mallet with early rifle purchases.
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Amarillo
Harvard
Bedford Johnson, Jr
C. B. Johnson
Harrison
Johnson
U. S. Marine Corps
Globe News
Leutenant
Pfc
Sterling Johnson
Fort Jackson
S. C
Year of Miracles if Peace Comes to Texas Politics
A Dec 28 1946 Austin dispatch analyzes Texas party splits, possible gubernatorial candidates like Homer Rainey and Bob Calvert, and looming filings due June 3. It notes Loyal Democrat tensions, Stevenson’s term, and rising veteran candidates shaping the 50th Legislature with pension debates and CIO involvement.
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Texas
Austin
Coke R. Stevenson
Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Bob Calvert
House of Representatives
Rainey
House
Senate
CIO
Sergeant Baldwin Returns From European Service
Sgt Jesse G Baldwin arrived home after nearly two years in the European theater with the Truth Engineers. He is a brother of Mrs Reta B Swan of Tulsa and hurried home from the East Coast to be with his critically ill father H N Baldwin in Tulsa. Mrs Swan has stayed at her father's bedside since last Friday. Before enlistment he lived in Lubbock.
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Jesse G. Baldwin
The
Truth Engineers
Reta B. Swan
East Twelfth
Sergeant Baldwin
H. N. Baldwin
Tulsa
Amarillo Man Returns From Service Plans Home Life
Maj. Bob Stroud, long away in active duty with Battery B of the 131st Field Artillery now Army Air Forces, says Amarillo still looks best to him. He plans to leave the service soon and resume work at Russell Stationery with wife Mildred and daughter Beverly, residents at 205 Arch Terrace for two decades.
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Amarillo
Bob Stroud
131St Field Artillery
Stroud
Army Air Forces
Russell Stationery
Mildred Flanders
Beverly
Arch Terrace
Strouds
Oklahoma Woman Held on Bond as Material Witness
Billie Mae Walker an 18 year old Oklahoma woman is held as a material witness in federal white slavery charges against William Arthur Campbell. A bond of 300 was set by the U S commissioner and she is committed to Potter County Jail in lieu of bond.
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U.S
Billie Mae Walker
Oklahoma
William Arthur Campbell
Potter County
Hart Visits Mother During Palm Springs Trip
Tommy Hart drum major of the Sandie band visits his mother Mrs A Hart in Palm Springs California during a brief stay to visit family and rest ahead of upcoming events.
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Hart
Tommy Hart
Sandie Band
A. Hart
Palm Springs
Cal
Crawford Discharged After Military Service Return Home
Vaughn Crawford has recently received his discharge and is home. He is a nephew of Mrs. Maude Vaughn, 1212 West Eleventh.
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Crawford
Vaughn Crawford
Maude Vaughn
West Eleventh
Queenie Refuses To Be Adopted At Union Station
In Denver on December 28 a loyal mixed breed dog named Queenie waited 2 1/2 years at the union station for a GI return that never came. Station workers grew fond of her, feeding and comforting her, while Queenie stubbornly refused every adoption bid, continuing her daily hopeful vigil as crowds passed through the gates.
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Denver
Queenie
Union Station
Pruetts Return From Wellington Visit
Mr and Mrs W O Pruett of 1801 Van Buren have returned home after visiting her father in Wellington.
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Wellington
Arrivals on Both Coasts Rush 32 Vessels Homeward
The Associated Press reports 32 ships carrying about 26 000 veterans are due today at East and West Coast ports from Europe and the Pacific. Ports include New York Boston Newport News Portland Ore Seattle Los Angeles San Diego with vessels such as General Hase Boise Joseph Leidy Rockhill Victory and Queen Elizabeth plus LCI and LST ships. Bret Harte redirected from Boston to Newport News with new arrival date December 31.
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Europe
Pacific
New York
General Hase
Calcutta
Boise
le Havre
Joseph Leidy
Marseilles
Rockhill Victory
Portland
North King
Antwerp
Santa Paula
Karachi
American Ranger
Hull
John Clarke
Queen Elizabeth
Boston
Lewiston Victory
Newport News
Westminster Victory
John Harvard
Catoctin
Ore
Hamlin
Tokyo
Maui
Guam
Seattle
Wash
Etolin
Okinawa
Sevier
Manus
Los Angeles
Union
Manila
Elkhorn
Pearl Harbor
Clymer
Saipan
Scania
Dewe
Leyte
Lander
Crow
San Diego
Goshen
Sasebo
Japan
Bret Harte
Boyles in Indiana visit home from Amarillo Field
Pvt. Robert A. Boyles stationed at Amarillo Field is visiting his parents in Indiana.
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Pvt
Robert A. Bovies
Amarillo Field
Indiana
Weiser Couple End Golden Wedding After 50 Years
Weiser Idaho December 28 19 - Elmer and Louanna Rock have decided after 50 years that the marriage should end. They celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary last June 3 and Mrs. Rock now 69 was granted a divorce.
Gilmore Returns From Navy Service With Wife
K. H. Gilmore has just returned from overseas Navy service and is visiting at 1306 Lincoln with his wife.
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K. H. Gilmore
Navy
Lincoln
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Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
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Fairgrounds
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Waterfill & Frazier
Tan
Liquor Mart
Sgt. Baldwin
Mrs. Swan
Sears Map Blueprint CO
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Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Ime
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DRS. Robberson & Flamm
DRS. Marsalis & Knight
Association of
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Oliver Eakle
Federal Motor Trucks
Federal
Bruckner Sales and Service
N. Fillmore
Polk St
National Peg
Amarillo Printing Company
Associated Press
Boyles
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Mig
Red Cross
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Roswell
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